Hoop-skirt



s. n. vvinMofr, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

e Hoor-SKIRT.

\ i Specification of LettersiPate'nt No) 32,547, dated Junehlll 1861.,

To `allewim/n 'it may concern:

\ Beit known` that I, S. R. `VILMo'r, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State ofNeiv York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin.Tips and Slides for Hoop-Skirts; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact den scription ot thesame,referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification,in` Whiche Figure l, is a perspective vieivof a slide, constructedaccording to my invention. Fig.

i 2, a side vie'vv of tivoof thesame,applied to the ends of ahoop. Fig.`3, a perspective vieyv of one of the same, appliedto the ends" 0f ahOOP-l Fig e, a sideview of a tipapplied to a`hoop.l` i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thesexferal figures."

The objectfoltfthis invention is to `provide tipsand slides for thehoopsofskirts, with stops, so `arral'iged as to preventthe hoops `fromslipping `through them andat thesame time admit 1 offthef tipsandfslides being swaged or e closed "directly on the hoops With-` e outwany previous `manipulation ofyany kind, 1

thereby greatly economizing in time.l a f1 The `Within describedinvention consists in striking up a lip the outer endofuthe tip orslide, said lipucorresponding in length `er1 depth to the thickness ofthehoop as hereinafter described,"whereby the desired` end "is` attainedand an improved article otmanu-l facture produced. f f

To enable thoselskilled `in the artto fully my invention "I will proceedto `describeit.` "1 e A, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 representsaslide understandand construct which is `formed `with the three pairs, `of flanges a, a,5,111 the usual Way; "said flanges \vhen swaged over inclosing the hoopB at opposite ends, asvshoWnWclearly1nFig. 3;

Theflanges b, admit of the hoop `Working or sliding inthem.` rlhesepartshofivever `are .same as that of the slide i i `Irlaving thus describedmy invention Whath e I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- .e

common to thev ordinary hoop slides and `therefore do not requireaiminute` descrip tion. Y i

\ The outer end ofthe slide A, is provided with alip c, which extends upbetvveenthe outer iiangesa, a, a` distance `equal to the thickness ofthe hoop B. `Thelip c, lis

slightly rounded at its top as shown clearly in Figsnl and 3, andisformed orstruck up `with the flanges a., b, the `Whole being of onepiece ofmetal.v M

`fhen the end of the hoop B, is inserted in the slide A,ibet\veen` the`flanges `a, a, the fend of thehoop abut-s against the lip "c, and e assaid lip does" not extend up anyfarther than the thickness of the hoopit Will not 1 pre` vent the ianges `a., a, being swaged` snugly overthem as shown in Fig.` 3. stopt', were used it`W1ll be seen at once thatthey Would require to be bent over `onvthe i,

`hoop previous to the swaging or bending Ifa long lip or e down of theiianges` ct, and this manipulation i would consume considerable time andiape `preciably augmentl the cost of `manufacture ot' theskirt`anobjeotion which isavoided by `my invention. Another advantage is thatthe lipcgbeing `quiteshort but? little n additionalstook isl required.``The lipsc,V eiectuallyprevent the end ofthe hoop slip-` e The tip C,`shown precisely the;

ping through the e slide. in` Fig, 4, has its lip c, formed tersPatent,is,

Constructing `the metallic slides and tips for hoops of skirts,`withajlip orstop c, of

a length equaljto the thickness of the hoop,

.substantially as and for the `purpose set forth. .e

. i SR. `VILlt/,IO'FQ `Witnesses: y i

.l D. WV. KIssAM,

e M. M."LIvINGsToN.

